List of heads of state of Ghana

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Prior to independence, Ghana was known as the British colony of Gold Coast. Before then it had been divided among a number of states, by far the largest of which was the Ashanti Confederacy, whose leaders were known as the Asantehene.

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[edit] Latest election

Main article: Ghanaian presidential election, 2004
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Summary of the 7 December 2004 Ghana presidential election results
Candidates Nominating parties Votes %
John Kufuor New Patriotic Party 4,524,074 52.45%
John Atta-Mills National Democratic Congress 3,850,368 44.64%
Edward Mahama Grand Coalition (People's National Convention) 165,375 1.92%
George Aggudey Convention People's Party 85,968 1.00%
Total 8,625,785

[edit] List of Heads of State of Ghana (1957-Present)

See also: List of Ghana Heads of state by age
Tenure Incumbent Notes
Ghana   Unification of Gold Coast and British Togoland upon independence from Britain
6 March 1957 to 1 July 1960
 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
represented by:-
    6 March 1957 to 24 June 1957    Sir Charles Noble Arden-Clarke, Governor-General
    24 June 1957 to 1 July 1960    William Francis Hare, Lord Listowel, the 5th Earl of Listowel, Governor-General
Tenure Incumbent Affiliation Notes
Republic of Ghana
1 July 1960 to 24 February 1966 Dr.h.c. Kwame Nkrumah, President CPP Deposed in a coup d'état
24 February 1966 to 2 April 1969 Major-General Joseph Arthur Ankrah, Chairman of the National Liberation Council Mil
2 April 1969 to 3 April 1970 Brigadier Akwasi Amankwa Afrifa, Chairman of the National Liberation Council Mil Later General
3 April 1970 to 7 August 1970 Brigadier Akwasi Amankwa Afrifa, Chairman of the Presidential Commission Mil
7 August 1970 to 31 August 1970 Nii Amaa Ollennu, acting Chairman of the Presidential Commission
31 August 1970 to 13 January 1972 Edward Akufo-Addo, Chairman of the Presidential Commission n-p Deposed in a coup d'état
13 January 1972 to 9 October 1975 Colonel Ignatius Kutu Acheamphong, Chairman of the National Redemption Council Mil Later General
9 October 1975 to 5 July 1978 General Ignatius Kutu Acheamphong, Chairman of the Supreme Military Council Mil Deposed in a palace coup d'état
5 July 1978 to 4 June 1979 Lieutenant-General Frederick Fred William Kwasi Akuffo, Chairman of the Supreme Military Council Mil Deposed in a coup d'état
4 June 1979 to 24 September 1979 Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings, Chairman of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council Mil
24 September 1979 to 31 December 1981 Dr. Hilla Limann, President PNP Deposed in a coup d'état
31 December 1981 to 7 January 1993 Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings, Chairman of the Provisional National Defence Council PNDC
7 January 1993 to 7 January 2001 Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings, President NDC After retiring from the Armed Forces
7 January 2001 to present John Agyekum Kufuor, President NPP Elected 28 December 2000

[edit] Affiliations


PNP Peoples National Party  social democrat, Nkrumah personalist
NDC National Democratic Congress  social democrat
NLM National Liberation Movement  Asante regionalist 1954-1957, 1966-
NPP New Patriotic Party  liberal
PP Progress Party
CPP Convention People's Party  authoritarian, socialist, Nkrumah personalist, 1949-1966, 1960-1966 - only legal party
NAL National Alliance of Liberals  1966-1970
Mil Military
n-p non-partisan
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[edit] Sources

  • http://www.rulers.org/rulg1.html#ghana
  • Guinness Book of Kings, Rulers & Statesmen, Clive Carpenter, Guinness Superlatives Ltd
  • African States and Rulers, John Stewart, McFarland
  • Heads of State and Government, 2nd Edn., John V da Graça, MacMillan Press Ltd, 2000

[edit] See also

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     Heads of state and Prime Ministers of the Republic of Ghana     Flag of Ghana
Presidents (1960-)
Prime Ministers
Kwame Nkrumah (1957-60)• Kofi Abrefa Busia (1969-72)
† military     * interim